hitting a further 600 hamas targets — and claiming to have killed dozens of fighters. staff in a hospital in gaza city say it is impossible to evacuate — despite claims by the palestinian red crescent that they have been told by israel to do so. around 60 people have been arrested in dagestan, russia after a large mob, some shouting anti—semitic slogans, stormed an airport looking for people who'd landed from tel aviv. fifa bans spain's former football boss luis rubiales from all football—related activity for three years — in the wake of a scandal over kissing a female player in spain's world cup—winning team. hello, i'm anna foster — welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news,

interviews and reaction. today we bring you the programme live from southern israel. you can hear the sound of artillery fire from israel into gaza. behind me the guys at skyline is showing the scars of more than three weeks of battle, the israel defence forces have said they have targeted more than 600 how mass targets inside gaza. let me show you these pictures. these are pictures coming in from the israeli defence forces. we have seen israeli tanks physically on the ground inside gaza and the israeli ministry has said that dozens of hamas fighters have barricaded themselves inside buildings and in the tunnel network have been killed.

there are also reports that israeli forces have cut one of the two main roads running from north to south in gaza which connect gaza city 0ne one of them we saw a picture of an israeli tank blocking the road, raising fears that the strip may be cut in half, raising issues for civilians moving north to south. we have been told by our team that the tank seems to have moved but it gives you an insight into the military campaign here and what israel has said it is key target, to destroy the hamas group inside gaza. this is what it looks like inside gaza life right now. you can see the impact of more than three weeks of fighting here. as i am talking, you will hear the sounds of artillery and mortarfire, we have heard loud gunfire this morning, it is really a continuing battle and this morning

we saw a salvo of rockets that had been fired by hamas into israel and we saw the smoke as they were intercepted by the missile defence system. alongside the military campaign there is increasing concern of the humanitarian situation inside gaza. the un security council will be meeting later to discuss that. let's get more on that with our correspondent. al-quds hospital in the heart of gaza city. around 14,000 internally displaced people who have fled from their homes to escape relentless israeli bombing are said to be sheltering in the grounds here. israel has accused hamas of deliberately basing itself near or even within public buildings like hospitals. and that's why it is targeting areas around the hospital. the shelling in recent days has been intense. israel has urged these people to leave, to flee south to what it says is relative safety.

but with 400 patients inside the hospital, many of them in intensive care units, that is an impossible demand, say doctors and health officials. translation: we have received various warnings today, - the first was through a phone call from the palestinian red crescent which the israeli army called to demand the evacuation of all patients and workers as well as those residing in the hospital to the south of gaza. they mentioned that this area is going to be a military zone, that there will be clashes and the area will be dangerous and that we have to evacuate quickly. desperate people take desperate actions, raiding un stores for flour and other basics. israel has repeatedly questioned the scale of the crisis in gaza, saying there is no shortage of food and that supplies of basics like water are adequate. but the reality on the ground tells a different story. around 30 trucks carrying basic aid

was allowed into gaza yesterday through the border with egypt, an improvement, but nowhere near the hundreds of trucks that are needed each day, say aid agencies. israel in effect controls and restricts what gets into gaza, and that, say some, has dire consequences. the blockade on food and gasoline, that itself could be a war crime, could be a crime against humanity, and even a genocide if the intention was to destroy the people in gaza. israel's priority is its military objective, to crush hamas as a fighting force, and that means pummelling hamas targets, sending in tanks and troops on the ground into gaza, where they remain. stage two of this offensive, the land incursion, is well under way. but there are other considerations for israel. the plight of more than 220 hostages held by hamas, israelis and internationals, is impossible for the

government to ignore. the voices of the families calling for the government to focus on their return are increasingly loud. i am just a granddaughter who's begging to get her grandma back home. and if i will stop believing, if i will stop hoping, then there is no reason to wake up in the morning, and i need to have this hope. so, even though i might have a different opinion with the government or with the authorities, i have to believe that they are doing their best. israel wants the world to remember why it says the unprecedented assault on gaza has to happen. each day more victims from 7th october are buried, after moo people were killed inside israel by hamas gunmen who had breached the borderfence. never again, says israel, whatever the cost. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem.

we will continue to show you these live pictures of the scene from southern israel, looking across gaza because you can hear the ongoing artillery fire that is coming from southern israel into gaza. you can see in those pictures the continuing columns of smoke that we have seen throughout the morning at various points on the horizon. we have heard those loud explosions, scene flares being used and potentially as a smoke screen, we are very close to gaza and you can see from those pictures that the destruction of some of those buildings, we know the israeli defence forces are operating on the ground in the northern part of the gaza strip. let's talk about the israeli military operation. lets now talk to miri eisin, director of the international institute for counter—terrorism at

reichman university. thank you forjoining us. you had a long military career, what is your assessment of what we are seeing, what the military is doing right now? ~ . ., ., ., ., ~ , now? we are in a all-out war. as i listen to the _ now? we are in a all-out war. as i listen to the descriptions, - now? we are in a all-out war. as i listen to the descriptions, my - now? we are in a all-out war. as i | listen to the descriptions, my heart goes out to the civilians in the gaza strip, israel is systematically trying to arrive, reach and dismantle the hamas terra capabilities which include both weapons and terrorists. we all need to understand that hamas the terror organisation has prepared the gaza strip is a fortification for over a decade. there is an above and below ground and they use both levels. the idf is systematically trying to get in against the booby traps and

suicide drones, the surprise is that the terror organisation shows that they can continue to do. they built this as part of their plan for us to come in and kill more. we need to do this systematically. from a military perspective, it is one of the ways, not the only way to arrive at the hostages. you have to get to the tunnel system, into the tunnel system. that cannot be done from afar, this is against hamas, get into that system and get the hostages. into that system and get the hostages-— into that system and get the hostaes. ., . . ., hostages. you have a background in intelligence. — hostages. you have a background in intelligence, over _ hostages. you have a background in intelligence, over more _ hostages. you have a background in intelligence, over more than - hostages. you have a background in intelligence, over more than 20 - hostages. you have a background in| intelligence, over more than 20 year career in the israeli military, you describe that tunnel network. tell us a little bit more about how much infrastructure is down there and how do israeli forces go about reaching those hostages and getting them out safely which we know is one of the key objectives here? indie safely which we know is one of the key objectives here?— safely which we know is one of the key objectives here?

key ob'ectives here? we are talking about key objectives here? we are talking about a system _ key objectives here? we are talking about a system that _ key objectives here? we are talking about a system that has _ key objectives here? we are talking about a system that has been built| about a system that has been built over more than a decade, over hundreds of kilometres. that is something which is under the city, under the neighbourhoods, under the palestinian refugee camps throughout the gaza strip. we all know that, in the gaza strip. we all know that, in the past there were attacks against israel, that included attack tunnels that came into israeli territory, that came into israeli territory, thatis that came into israeli territory, that is something that we nipped, that is something that we nipped, that didn't help us on october seven when we were wrong about everything else. we need to get into that system. it is an underground, 100 metres below ground, it needs lighting, electricity, it is full of weapons and thousands of fighters. i said sadly, for the people on the gaza strip, that i want to help, there is lots of fuel but it is inside the underground tunnels. there is water and the sustenance

underneath the gaza strip and that is what makes it all the more difficult. you need to get into that system and once you are in, that is the worst kind of terrain for battle there is. it is the combination of urban, tunnels, no military has done so it doesn't mean we are nothing to do it but it is very challenging. thank you for your time and insight. let's also look at the situation she was referring to about the civilian situation in gaza. lets now speak to dr hadeel qazzaz, 0xfam's middle east gender coordinator, west bank. welcome to the programme, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. give me an overview of the humanitarian situation in gaza right now. the

humanitarian _ situation in gaza right now. tue: humanitarian situation situation in gaza right now. tte: humanitarian situation is situation in gaza right now. t'te: humanitarian situation is more situation in gaza right now. tte: humanitarian situation is more than disastrous, it is undescribed. there are lots of needs for the population, people are starving and thirsty, they are in blackness, total darkness since october seven. there is no electricity, food, fuel, there is nothing coming in at all into gaza. even these food trucks you mentioned, they are hardly a drop in the ocean that can fulfil the civilian needs. including medicine as well.— the civilian needs. including medicine as well. briefly, tell us what is needed, _ medicine as well. briefly, tell us what is needed, you _ medicine as well. briefly, tell us what is needed, you mentioned | what is needed, you mentioned medicine, food and water are also in short supply. medicine, food and water are also in short sunply-— medicine, food and water are also in short snow-— short supply. yes, i have been in contact with _ short supply. yes, i have been in contact with colleagues -

short supply. yes, i have been in contact with colleagues and - short supply. yes, i have been in i contact with colleagues and family, bakeries are not working, people cannot get access to bread which is their basic food. there is less than 2% of peoples need that came into the gaza strip during the 2a days of the gaza strip during the 2a days of the war. people needed to evacuate to the south of the gaza strip even if they had food supplies in their homes. they left them and move to the south and they are in a crowded sheltering in schools and hospitals where they cannot access any food or water or basic hygiene or any basic needs that would be humanitarian needs. that is why 0xfam... needs that would be humanitarian needs. that is why 0xfam. .. thank ou for needs. that is why 0xfam. .. thank you forjoining _ needs. that is why 0xfam. .. thank you forjoining us. _ needs. that is why 0xfam. .. thank you forjoining us. joining - needs. that is why 0xfam. .. thank you forjoining us. joining us - needs. that is why 0xfam. .. thank you forjoining us. joining us here i you forjoining us. joining us here on bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

let's look at some other stories making news. mexico says it has managed to evacuate 12,500 tourists who had been stranded in the coastal city of acapulco, after it was hit by hurricane 0tis, on wednesday. video footage shows the trail of damage left by the storm — with boats washed ashore and lodged between buildings. 43 people are now known to have died and 36 are missing. in india, at least 13 people have been killed when two passenger trains collided on sunday. more than 50 others were injured. it happened in the country's andhra pradesh state. one of the trains derailed when it was struck by an oncoming train. a preliminary investigation has found a "human error" had led to the crash. the funeral has taken place in iran of the teenager who fell into a coma almost a month ago after an alleged encounter with the morality police. human rights groups say 16—year—old armita geravand was hurt in a confrontation with officers on the tehran metro, who accused her of not

covering her hair. you're live with bbc news. here in southern israel as we look out over the guys at skyline and see the continuing israeli military operation, the objectives we have been told by the israeli government they want to target hamas, they want to remove hamas from the gaza strip, they want to ensure the safety of israel and to rescue the hostages, more than 230 hostages held inside gaza. you can see the live pictures we are showing you of the gaza skyline. it gives you a strong picture of how much ongoing damage this is causing, israel is clear that in order to target hamas, in

order to remove hamas from gaza altogether, they need to target the areas and infrastructure where hamas areas and infrastructure where hamas are based and working. we have seen pictures released by the israel defence forces of infantry forces a nd defence forces of infantry forces and artillery inside gaza targeting hamas and that underground network. also, you will have seen in the last 24 hours, pictures from dagestan. officials in the russian republic of dagestan say 60 people have been detained after hundreds of anti—israel protesters stormed an airport in the muslim majority region. the crowd ran through the airport on sunday, looking for passengers arriving from israel. video footage shows the crowd surging through security gates, some waving palestinian flags. the airport in makhachkala is expected to reopen on tuesday. the governor of dagestan has condemned the behaviour as outrageous.

live now to riga and speak to sergei goryashko, correspondent at bbc russian service. what more do we know? the pictures are dramatic but what more do we know about the planning of this? we know about the planning of this? - know about the planning of this? - know that this was a spontaneous event, inspired by posts on social media channels and different channels which are quite popular in the region. russia especially in dagestan, they were calls to join protests against israel, against jewish people allegedly coming to dagestan to seek shelter from the war. so all those spontaneous messages, quite sporadic calls to join the protestsjust

messages, quite sporadic calls to join the protests just went on and it all turned out to these disturbing events like we have seen people trying to storm the hotel in one of the cities of dagestan, trying to search forjewish people and others trying to storm makhachkala airport in search of jewish refugees from israel, allegedly coming to dagestan. actually, there was a regular flight from tel aviv to makhachkala, in this case there were not manyjewish people there. it is almost looked like spreading of fake news information to create this disturbing events. however, we see that many people in the republic

were pro—palestinian and they were shouting anti—semitic slogans, the mob conducted itself really scarily. these pictures have been met with shock and condemnation around the world, what has the reaction been in dagestan? world, what has the reaction been in daaestan? . , , ., . dagestan? there has been not much reaction as far _ dagestan? there has been not much reaction as far as _ dagestan? there has been not much reaction as far as we _ dagestan? there has been not much reaction as far as we know, - dagestan? there has been not much reaction as far as we know, it - reaction as far as we know, it is quite hard to tell whether the mob actually represented the views of the region which is about 3 million inhabitants, we have seen that while there are a couple of thousand people that joined there are a couple of thousand people thatjoined the protest, not the majority of the region. it is also hard to tell why exactly in dagestan these events occurred, because there are a couple of

caucasian republics in the north caucasus of russia where the majority of inhabitants are muslims, still nothing has happened there. russian authorities are now describing these events as inspired ljy describing these events as inspired by the west, just moments ago the russian ministry of foreign affairs said that ukraine is behind these events and they are trying to show that while president zelensky was one of the first to comment on those, this means that ukraine inspired these protests in russia. in the evening, we are awaiting the meeting of vladimir putin with senior officials and his comments on the situation. senior officials and his comments on the situation-— the situation. thank you for “oining us. from the situation. thank you for “oining from the i the situation. thank you for “oining us. from the bbc * the situation. thank you for “oining us. from the bbc russian _ the situation. thank you forjoining us. from the bbc russian service. | the situation. thank you forjoining| us. from the bbc russian service. i want to show you some pictures from

israel's northern border with lebanon. there has been increasing tension there ever since this operation began and there are real fears that this war which is happening in southern israel between israel and hamas could also extend to the northern border. these are pictures of israeli tanks stationed in the north, a large israeli presence on the northern border and more than 40 towns and cities along the northern border have been evacuated. 0ur correspondent in lebanon is in the southern city and he gave us the latest on the situation there. i am here in tyre in southern israel, and tension remains high between israel and lebanon. we have been showing in the picture of the fires along the border, and there were issues along the border, and the suggestion

is that the fires have been caused to prevent hezbollah fighters the speculation is that those fires have been to prevent hezbollah fighters from positioning rocket launchers in those positions near the border. launchers in those positions near the border-— the border. there were some important — the border. there were some important developments - the border. there were some - important developments because hezbollah said it had shot down an israeli drone using a surface to air missile. the israeli military hasn't confirmed this information but it is the first time that hezbollah says it has use this kind of missile in this recent fighting. the israeli military says it is going to respond to every single attack from lebanese territory, we have seen that over the last few hours there have been more positions that were hit by

those israeli air strikes. 0ver more positions that were hit by those israeli air strikes. over the last few days, some positions deep inside lebanese territory have also been hit. it is also important to say that yesterday, hezbollah announced its leader will be making announced its leader will be making a speech on friday, this will be the first time he will be making a public comment since the war between israel and hamas broke out more than three weeks ago. it will be interesting to see what he has to say and i think this announcement came as the iranian president said that israel had crossed a red line which may force everyone to take action. iran plays an important role here because it is the country that supports hezbollah. iran supports the so—called access of resistance which is a alliance of factions and groups notjust in lebanon but also in syria, iraq and yemen. tensions

here remain high amid concerns that the violence could escalate. hora the violence could escalate. how correspondent _ the violence could escalate. how correspondent reporting from southern lebanon. this is the scene as you look out into lebanon. there have been increasing exchanges of fire across that border for two weeks, those pictures are interesting because what we have seen is lots of strikes, anti—tank missile strikes, that have come from lebanon, we have seen forest fires in that area burning. i also want to show you live pictures from gaza. the scene you can see behind me in southern israel, we are very close to gaza, only a few kilometres and that is why when i am talking you can hear repeated sound of outgoing fire, much of it artillery and mortar fire thatis much of it artillery and mortar fire that is going from israel into the

gaza strip. it is notjust an operation that goes over night, it is a 20 47 bombardment, we know the idf have updated us, we know that 600 hamas targets have been struck inside gaza. they talk about the launch pads used by hamas to send rockets into israel and things like the underground infrastructure of hamas, the tunnel network. the idf say they have also targeted hamas in buildings they have barricaded themselves in. you can see the scenes life in gaza. we will keep you up—to—date with this fast developing story. you can go to the bbc website, we have a life page which is constantly updated and make sure you won't miss anything as the story continues. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello, we will see yet more impact on the weather. let's start off with storm ciaran, a deep area of low pressure pushing on wednesday night into thursday. damaging winds across the south and widespread rainfall on saturated ground could lead to flooding. here is that low pressure, the exact track will depend on how it interacts with the jet stream so don't treat this as gospel, it could move north or south and that will impact where the wins will be. at the moment the strongest winds will be in the southern parts of england and wales, around 50 to 60 and stronger around the coast and stronger around the coast and stronger in the channel islands. rainfall on saturated ground, you can see the totals, they could lead to further flooding the wettest conditions in the east of northern ireland, we have a amber warning in

force for tonight into tomorrow. we have already seen lots of rainfall and we have more tonight, that is why we'll see an increasing risk of further flooding. why we'll see an increasing risk of furtherflooding. the northern half of scotland should be dry and bright, lots of cloud and rain, the central and southern england will be a mixture of sunshine and thundery showers. some will have an impact but so you will stay dry, spells of thundery rain in the south—east, but the rain piling in to the south—east of northern ireland hence that met office amber warning tonight through 0ffice amber warning tonight through tomorrow. caught in the north, we have a touch of frost across the rural parts of scotland, further south. into tuesday, parts of northern england, northern ireland cloud and outbreaks of rain, bright and sunny in the northern half of scotland, a brighter day in central and southern england but the south—west we will see the next batch of heavy rain, that will sweep

northwards with a area of low pressure set to pushing tuesday night into wednesday. lots of rainfall in the mountains, south of that blustery day with a mixture of sunshine with him thundery showers. as we go into wednesday night, storm ciaran to have impact. take care.

this is bbc news. the headlines: israel says it has expanded attacks in the gaza strip, hitting a further 600 hamas targets and claiming to have killed dozens of fighters. staff in a hospital in gaza city say it is impossible to evacuate, despite claims by the palestinian red crescent that they have been told by israel to do so. around 60 people have been arrested in dagestan, russia after a large mob, some shouting antisemitic slogans, stormed an airport looking for people who'd landed from tel aviv. fifa bans spain's former football boss luis rubiales from all football—related activity for three years in the wake of a scandal over kissing a female player in spain's world cup—winning team. more now on the situation in the middle east. israeli air strikes have continued near a key hospital in gaza,

which has been ordered to evacuate.